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Camelot Unchained – One last attempt at greatness

What is Camelot Unchained? Camelot Unchained is the spiritual successor to the MMORPG classic Dark Age of Camelot. A game with a strong PvP focus, where three realms fight each other – featuring unusual classes and gameplay concepts. A strategically challenging, eternal war is simulated.

Niche game – but fans love the niche fanatically

Best Case: In the best case, this will be a successful niche game that makes fans of PvP MMORPGs happy. This segment has been abandoned since the end of Warhammer Online. While DAOC is still running, it is technically three or four generations behind. ESO and GW2 have borrowed a lot from DAOC, but Camelot Unchained wants to execute that more consistently and with its own ideas.

Worst Case: The worst case would be that the game runs out of steam along the way.

How has development gone so far? Incredibly open. The head of the project, Marc Jacobs, has had some disappointments in the past, and now wants to do everything differently with his own studio: constant exchange with fans, transparency, no secrets. This includes admitting: We can’t find another programmer willing to come out to Fairfax, Virginia, because they all prefer to hang out on the West Coast. So, they will be opening a studio in Seattle.

Will Camelot Unchained still be released in 2017? It wouldn’t be wise to bet on that. There have been too many delays in the past. However, it is the plan, and 2017 is still long.

An attempt to steer the MMORPG genre in a new direction

Mein MMO says: Camelot Unchained shares some parallels with Crowfall: the fans of the game know much more about it than anyone else. The developers come from corporations, have gone independent due to the Kickstarter wave to realize their visions – without the many compromises required in the industry. They are “underdogs” for whom one feels sympathy.

The minds behind both games wish to bring back the good old days, hoping that the MMORPG genre took a different turn 10 years ago rather than “Welcome to WoW, the only type of MMORPG you will all play until the end of time.” Many of their fans, who are now established in life and financially capable, desire the same. They have made both projects possible.

The question is whether the game can ultimately live up to its own standards and those of its fans.

Among the interesting aspects of Camelot Unchained are certainly the classes, which our CU expert Matthias Winter has introduced in a series of articles; here is his article about the rogues:

Camelot Unchained: The Veilwalkers unveil the veil (Stealth class)

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